Just living is not enough...

Hey y'all! 

Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm stopping in with a somewhat different kind of post. I was recently contacted by Heather Von St. James, asking if I could help her out by spreading 'hope' for the holiday season. So, of course I said yes! 

You see, Heather is a 10 year survivor of Mesothelioma!...You go girl!! 

Heather and her family!

Sharing a glimpse of her story...She found out in 2005 about having Melignant Pleural Mesothelioma. And without treatment was only given 15 months to live and with treatment given about 5 years. Now flash forward 10 years, yes 10 and she's still here and stronger than ever, I'm sure! Truly amazing...If you'd like to know more about Heather, please click on her story.

I don't think we always hear much about Mesothelioma or that we hear the word Mesothelioma but don't really know exactly what it is?...To read/learn more about it, you can click here. 

So, with all that being said and Heather wanting to spread hope for the holidays and year round. I made a card to share with you all. 

I was honestly going to go with a 'hope' card, one that actually had the word hope somewhere on it. But then, I came across some stamps that I have barely, if at all, have used. And when I saw the quote "Just living is not enough...one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."from -Hans Christian Anderson, I thought it was more than perfect. 

I think we all can use hope in our lives and with that being said, I'd like to send this card along with a little gift of 'hope' to someone! All you need to do is leave a comment and I'll randomly pick a winner...I'll leave the comments open until Jan. 8th 12:00pm EST and announce the winner on Jan. 10th. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Enjoy your day! 

Celebrate

Hey y'all! Happy Tuesday!
Hope your week is starting off right!

Today, I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog! Here's a little peek at my card.

I'd love it if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave a comment there! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Berry best friend

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...Long time no see, yeah?! lol Well, I made it through the holiday and I hope you did too!?! ;)

Anyhow, I'm just swinging in with a quick post to share a 'just for fun' card.

*I know I haven't been around lately commenting, but I'll be back more shortly! ;) I still have not received my laptop back from it getting fixed, let alone a confirmation that they even received it!...That has me a little worried, so today I will be trying to contact them and see what's going on. Hopefully, it's not lost!! Would hate to have to buy a new one, considering the one I bought isn't even a year old! Ugh...crossing my fingers...*

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Lots of love

Hey y'all! Hope all is well?!
Anyone else getting caught up in all the Christmas spirit?!...My kids are going crazy counting down the days! lol  And I'm trying not to lose my mind!

Anyhow, I'm swinging in today because I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog! Here's a little peek of my card.

And yep. I did another 'love' card...guess I'll be ready for Valentines day, yeah?! ;)
I'd love it if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave a comment there!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back soon, but not sure if I'll make it before Christmas...So, I wish y'all a very Merry Christmas!! Enjoy! :)

Hugs

AJVD post

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog! Here's a little peek at my card.

I'd love it if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave some love there!!

Thanks sooo much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers blog hop!

Hey y'all!
It's here, it's here!...That is, the Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!! :)

I think normally I would have already had my card up, but this time 'round I was somewhat procrastinating...lol...oh, the holidays, right?!... ;) 

About this card. I was literally lost on making something!! I mean, I have only a handful of 'coffee/tea/cocoa' stamp sets and dies. Which, I did buy a new coffee theme set buuut I told my husband to wrap it up for a Christmas gift! lol (I do that kind of stuff every.single.year. lol) Anyhow, being limited on things, I honestly didn't think I was gonna pull anything off! Until...

Ta-da!! A winter/holiday card!! 

Now whether this is a cup of coffee, cocoa, or tea, that can be up to you! ;) I just had some fun making this! And see that gold glitter?!...I'd like to thank Amy for getting me into that! lol You see, she has been adding hints of glitter to her cards lately and well, it just looks awesome! So, I had to jump on board with her! Thank you, Amy! ;) 

Anyhow, I kept things fairly simple with just some die cutting, stamping, and a tiny bit of fussy cutting! And I mixed up three stamp sets to make my card...Mama Elephant, CAS-ual Fridays, and Lawn Fawn. Not too shabby, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by! And be sure to check out the Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!...There is always so much inspiration and fun to found!! :) 

Enjoy your day and weekend! 

Happy Mother's Day (you read that right! lol)

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...We're getting closer and closer to it being Christmas!! :)

*This is my second post for the day. If you're looking for my AJVD post, please scroll down.*

So, you'd think I'd have a Christmas card or some kind of festive holiday card to share. Though, shockingly today I don't. Nope. I have a Happy Mother's Day tag to share! lol Yeah, I'm flying by all the other holidays and going straight to Mother's day! lol

Here's the thing, I saw the current Little Tangles Challenge and got to thinking. I have plenty of Neat & Tangled stamps and dies, but not one tag stamp/die?!...Say what?!!...(Yeah, I'll have to change that!) ;) So, I started looking at the stamps and dies I do have and when I saw the Gardenia Blooms die, the light bulb went off!

Yep. Why not a Mother's day tag made from the Gardenia Blooms die?!...Now, I sooo was going to make a 'shaker tag' with it. However, I then had an idea come to me, if I could somehow do a stained glass type of thing with it?...By all means, I don't think it really looks like stained glass or perhaps it does?...Though, it's something all play around with more.

To achieve my 'look', I used a piece of acetate along with a couple spectrum noir markers. I used the chisel tip of the marker and just added color here and there. Once I was done, I turned the 'colored' side over and adhered it to a piece of white cardstock. After, I added my Gardenia die cut on top. So, what do you think?!...

Have you every tried this or anything similar?...I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

always love you

Hey y'all!
Hope your weeks starting off good?!...Time just keeps flying on by, doesn't it?!!

Today I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog! Here's a little peek at my card.

I'd love if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design and leave some love there!!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Stamp Layering

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!

Today, we have a brand new Waffle Flower Challenge!! And what a FUN one it is (well, they're all fun, but this one can go sooo many ways)! ;)

Okay, so stamp layering!...I'll admit, at first I was trying to think what exactly is stamp layering?...Then upon asking for some help with what it is exactly, I found it can be pretty much anything you consider to be stamp laying! Ink over ink, ink slightly over ink, two or more colors of the same family, etc.etc.etc. FUN, right?!...This I can do! ;)

So, here's my card.

I decided to go with a fun and clean Christmas card! I used three different color blue inks and 'layered' my little stars slightly over one another. After I added my sentiment and some teeny tiny silver stars. Simple, right?!!...

Be sure to swing on over to the Waffle Flower Challenge and see all the DT creations!! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Waffle Flower Crafts supplies used:

Surface Tag stamp set
Starry Night stamp set
Be My Guest stamp set

Happy Holidays

Hey y'all!! Happy Sunday, hope all is well?!...

Today, we have a brand new challenge at CAS on Sunday which is all about 'stars'! And it also happens to be our last challenge of the year! With that being said, the challenge will return in the new year, though after some thinking I have decided to step down from the DT.

*Thank you, Janneke for everything!! I can't wait to see what's in store for CAS on Sunday! Hopefully, I'll even get the chance to play along from time to time. ;) Best wishes for you in the new year! And to my fellow team members, y'all are amazing!! I'll be sure to visit! Best wishes in the new year!*

Okay, on to my card.

I just love that 'Sketchy Christmas' set! So of course I had to use it again! ;) Keeping everything simple, I stamped on my tree and sentiment. Once done, I added my wood veneer stars and some white twine. Easy peasy, right?!...

Be sure to swing on over to CAS on Sunday and see all the DT creations!! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!! :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Dancing in the snow

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!!
And wait...December already?!!...Seriously, where is the time going?!! I know I've been MIA for a bit, please know all is well and it's just been extra busy the past little bit. Though, I feel like things are getting back on track! ;)

With that being said...
We have a new CAS-ual Fridays Challenge today and this time it's all about 'snowflakes'! And I sure hope you'll join us because it's our last challenge!! You see what I'm saying?!...Where does the time go?!! lol

*Thank you, Michele for giving me such an amazing opportunity!! I truly loved every bit of it! You totally ROCK! And I wish you nothing but the best!! <3*

While we may not get snow in Florida, I certainly love to see it in pictures and whatnot. And who doesn't remember cutting snowflakes out of paper?!...Though, I tried that recently with my kids and sadly, it wasn't working at all for me! lol At least my kids knew what to do. ;)

Anyhow, when cutting snowflakes out of paper doesn't work, best turn to snowflake dies, right?!...

So I kept things pretty simple. I used CAS-ual Fridays Flurry dies with some glitter paper. I also used the dies with white cardstock, so I could adhere my glitter snowflake on top to make it a little more 'durable'. After, I layered my snowflakes on my card. Then added my banner with sentiment and to top things off, added some clear sequins. Simple, yeah?!...

Be sure to swing on over to CAS-ual Fridays and see all the DT creations! And while you're there, I hope you'll join in on the fun?!...Hope to see you there! :)

I'm also entering my card in the current (and last) challenge at Virginia's View Challenge! Which
happens to be all about 'glitter'! ;)

*Virginia, thank you so much for such an awesome challenge blog!! I enjoyed every single challenge and I'm happy to say, I actually didn't ever miss one! lol Thank you again and wish you nothing but the best!! <3*

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps used:

Must Love Snowflakes stamp set
Flurry fri-die set

Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Hey y'all! Hope all is well?!!...

Waffle Flower Crafts is joining Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags and today were sharing what we created!

Here's my tag.

I just was having fun with my tag! I started my using the Tag die set. Then used the Willy and Friends stamp/die set and did some coloring. For my present, santa hat and 'part of my sentiment' I used the Christmas stocking stamp/die set. Before adhering my monkey to my tag, I added some stars for my background stars using the Bowtiful stamp set. And after I added my "YOU" to the bottom of my sentiment. Once done, I added my monkey to my tag and finished it off with some twine. Simple, yeah?!...

Be sure to swing on over to Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags and see all the creations and fun!!..You don't wanna miss it! ;) 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Enjoy your day! 

Waffle Flower Crafts supplies used:

Surface tag die starter kit
Surface tag die scallop add on
Willy and Friends stamp set
Willy and Friends die set
Stocking stamp set
Stocking die set
Tribal Bear stamp set (for the YOU)
Bowtiful stamp set (for the background stars)

Believe

Hey y'all! Hope all is well?!...

Today I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog with a simple Christmas card. Here's a peek...

I'd love it if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave some love there!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day! And I'll be back shortly! ;)

Merry Christams

Hey y'all! Happy Sunday!
Hope all is well?!!...

Today we have a brand new challenge at CAS on Sunday! With the all holidays right around the corner, this time our challenge is all about Christmas! Fun, yeah?!...

Nothing but a quick and simple card for me! I recently won the Sketchy Christmas stamp set from Precious Remembrance and I couldn't ask for better timing! ;) I used a grey ink for my larger tree and a neon pink ink for my smaller tree. After, I added my sentiment and a wood veneer star. Easy peasy, yeah?!!...

Be sure to swing on over to CAS on Sunday and see all the DT creations! And while you're there, I hope you'll join in on the fun!! :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Thank you- floral

Hey y'all! Hope all is well?!...

We're half way through the week, hopefully time will keep flying on by so Friday will quickly be here! Not that I have plans or anything, though I'm just wanting to relax some. ;) Maybe it's just me, but this week just seems extra busy?!...Could just be the weather, too?!...(it's nice in temp. wise, though so cloudy and windy)

Anyhow, today I'm sharing a card I made for the current Little Tangles Challenge!

For some reason, I had a little bit of a hard time trying to come up with something?!...Guess I could have lost some 'mojo' for a minute?! ;) Luckily, I was able to come up with something! After some thinking. And down time. And some more thinking. 

Yep. Originally, I was going to 'build a wreath' out of my die cut pieces (which I'll probably do at some point). But then after placing things on my card and thinking about what I was trying to go for, I decided not to. Instead, I added a single 'strip' of a pink and my sentiment on top of it. After I added my die cut pieces, along with some sequins. I'm still not quiet sure if I'm loving my card or not?!...Though, I don't think it looks bad either. ;) 

I'd love to hear what you think?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Enjoy your day! 

Joy

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well and you're having a great week so far?! :)

Today, I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog...Here's a teeny tiny peek. ;)

I'd love it if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave some love there!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

texture

Hey y'all! Happy Thursday, almost Friday!! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm swinging on in to share a card I made for the current Virginia's View Challenge!

It's all about texture and well...ladies (and gentlemen) I have some texture on my card! lol ;)

Where do I even begin?!...Not too CAS, now is it?!...I guess I was going with the whole' texture' on my mind and embossing folders kept sticking to me. I have quite a few that I haven't even used and many that just are plain abandoned my me. So, I needed to change that. ;)

I ended up using an embossing folder that my crafty friend Kimberly sent me (thank you again, Kimberly!!). To show off the embossing, I used some inks and went to town 'sponging/rubbing' them on. Once I had the colors and depth I wanted, I added my sentiment/quote.
The embossing itself is quite beautiful, but I still thought it needed something else. So once again, I used that bird image and instead of a 'blue' bird, I went with a 'green' bird. Did some fussy cutting and added it to my card. Normally, I would have been done a long time ago! lol But again, thought it needed more! (Is this really 'me' saying/thinking this?! lol) Needless to say, I went with sequins. And not just 3 or 6 of them...but 15!! Whoa! lol This has got to be a record for me (besides my few shaker cards I've made.). ;)

I'd love to hear what you think?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Warmest wishes

Hey y'all! Hope all is well and your week is going good so far?! :)

Today I'm on the A Jillian Vance Design blog! Here's a little peek of my card.

I'd love it if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave some love there! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day! :)

Hello, Hey (Masking)

Hey y'all!
Happy Monday! Hope you have a great start to the week!! :)

Today, I'm sharing my card at the Waffle Flower Challenge! This time the challenge is all about masking.

Here's what I came up with.

Yep. I had some fun with this! 

What's more fun than some monkeys playing in leaves?!!... ;)

So, being 'masking' is our technique this month I decided to not only showcase the masking but when seeing the leaves in the inspiration photo, I decided to go that route too! Now I'm not gonna lie, I did only start with one monkey playing in the leaves but then after looking at my finished card, I thought two monkeys would be even better. lol Needless to say, I went with two! 

I started by stamping my leaves on post it notes and cutting them out for the masks. After, I stamped my first leaf where I wanted it on my card, placed the mask over it and continued the same process with the rest of my leaves. *Note: You'll wanna leave some empty space to place your monkeys in.* Once done, I did my coloring and added a couple sentiments. 

I'd love to hear what you think?!!...

Be sure to swing on over to the Waffle Flower Challenge and see all the DT creations! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!!...

Hope to see you there! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week!  

Waffle Flower supplies:

Leafy stamp set (for the leaves)

Willy & Friends stamp set (for the monkeys)

Willy stamp set (for the 'hello')

Faye stamp set (for the 'hey') 

Tag it!

Hey y'all!
Happy Sunday!!

We have a brand new challenge at CAS on Sunday! And it's all about using a tag on your card...fun, right?!

Here's what I came up with.

I still have a bunch of kraft cardstock to use, so why not use it now...lol Honestly, doesn't fall just scream to use kraft?!... ;) Or maybe because of my leaves and colors I chose, led me to use the kraft?...lol Anyhow, I kept things fairly easy. I used some new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and dies. Did a little coloring with my leaves, then added some twine and clear 'drops' to finish my card off. I'd love to hear what you think?!...

Be sure to swing on over to CAS on Sunday and see all the DT creations! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!!...Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Harvest Greetings

Hey y'all!
Happy Friday!!

Today we have a new challenge at CAS-ual Fridays!

Who doesn't love themselves some 'metallic'?!!...
Here's my card.

I kept things simple. I used the new Autumn Blessing stamp set along with the dies. For my leaves I used some watercolor pattern paper I had laying around (certainly, made things easy there. ;)). For  my acorn, I just used some kraft cardstock and a dark brown cardstock. Before adhering everything to my card, I added my sentiment (because we all know, if I would have stamped that crooked, I would of started all over! lol). After, I added some metallic twine and one little metallic gold sequin, along with a couple light pink sequins. Easy, right?!...

Be sure to swing on over to CAS-ual Fridays and see all the DT creations!! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!!...

Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day and weekend!

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps used:

Autumn Blessings stamp set

Acorn Fri-Dies set

Thinking of you

Hey y'all! Hope all is well?!...

I've been a little quiet, besides my scheduled posts. Some kind of nasty stomach bug visited our house a few days ago...seriously, no fun at all!! We've all been resting and are on the mend, thankfully! ;)

With all that being said, I've been trying to catch up on commenting/etc. When I was hopping around in blogland, I came across a few challenges. One being the current Skipping Stones Stamp & Share October Challenge, the other being Addicted to Stamps-Clean and Simple Challenge, and lastly Jennifer McGuire's Share Handmade Kindness Challenge-week 1, which if you haven't checked it out yet, you really should! ;)

So here's my card. (Which I'm not even sure how I managed to make something...Though, I couldn't stand to be laying down anymore! lol)

I wanted to keep things very clean, yet have some color(s) to stand out against the white. So I chose to do some coloring and a little bit of fussy cutting. Simple, yeah?!...

After thinking about it, I'm going to send my card to my aunt. It's been awhile since I've sent her anything and she just recently moved, so I'm sure this will make her smile. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Exciting news!!

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

I have some exciting news that I can finally share with y'all! :) As some of you may have known, I've been guesting over at A Jillian Vance Design blog...Well, I'm happy to say, I'll be joining A Jillian Vance Design team!! Yay! :)

I would love it, if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave some love there too! ;) You'll also be able to read a little about me, as well as my cards, which feature some new stamps! Hope to see you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

CASEing Kelly Blog Hop!

Well, hello hello!!
Today is quite the fun day! :)

If you haven't seen or heard about it yet, we have a group of amazing and talented girls that came together for the CASEing Kelly Blog Hop! You should have came from blog Rubeena aka Ruby's blog...If not, be sure to start at the beginning! ;)

As some of you already know, Kelly has a feature on her blog called 'CASEing Genius'. If you're not familiar with it (you should check it out. ;)) though, it's where she features someone and three cards of theirs and then she creates a single card CASEing all three cards. Seriously, Kelly works her magic every time and is truly amazing at what she does!

Okay, so now for CASEing Kelly...Below are the three cards I chose of hers to CASE.

Oh boy! Gorgeous, right?!...
Who knew a blog hop of CASEing Kelly would make you nervous?!! lol I mean, I'm feeling way out of my league here! Buuut, I must go on, right?!...(Honestly, I told myself to suck it up! lol)

Here's my CASE.

You'll want to be sure to continue on with the hop and your next stop is Taunya Butler! Remember, you can always start from the beginning too, by clicking here. And below is a list in order as well. ;)

a2z Scrapbooking

Amy Tsuruta

Ardyth Percy Robb

Brandi Hall

Char Kochensparger

Cindy Chiu

Darnell Knauss

Dawn Turley

Debra James

Deepti Malik

Donna Idlet

Elizabeth Campau

Ellen Haxelmans

Heather Ruwe

Jennifer Loftfield

Joan Bardee

Kara Vrabel

Kara-Lynne

Kathy Wade

Katie Gehring

Kristie Goulet

Kristina Beagle

Kymona Tracey

Laura Jane

Leigh Penner

Lin Brandyberry

Linda Trace

Lindsay Amrhein

Lydia Evans

Maria Sabina Raita

Marika Rahtu

Martha Lucia Gomez

Michele Cunningham

Michele Ferguson

Michelle Lupton

Michelle Williams

Monica Maier

Niki G

Nina-Marie Trapani

Rubeena Naz

Shelly Kurth *That's me!

Taunya Butler

Thordis Dogg

Vera Yates

Kelly Latevola

Also, what's a blog hop without some prizes?!!...Leave a comment by 11:59pm EDT on Thursday, October 29th along each stop on the hop (to increase your chances) of winning a prize from one of our sponsors!

a2z Scrapbooking

Altenew

Create a Smile Stamps

Dee's Artsy Impressions

djkardkreations

Hero Arts

Ink Road

Lia Stampz

Simon Says Stamp

Super fun, right?!!...Winners will be notified by email after October 29th. Enjoy the hop! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
And enjoy your day!

CAS on Sunday

Hey y'all!
Happy Sunday!

Today we have a brand new challenge at CAS on Sunday! And this time we're all about using the sketch...

So here's my card.

I kept things easy and just die some cutting and coloring, using some of Waffle Flower Crafts stamps and dies. For my sentiment piece, I layered it 3 times using white on the bottom two layers and black on top. After laying all my die cuts together, I added a few clear sequins to finish things off. 

I'd love to hear what you think?!!...

Be sure to swing on over to CAS on Sunday and see all the DT creations! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!!...

Thanks for stopping by! 

Enjoy your day!